Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei / Riksveg abbr. Rv ; literally: road of the rike /realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were 27,343 kilometers (16,990 mi) of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in Norway .
9-449: From 2010, after an administrative reform, most of the national roads were transferred to the counties. They are now called county roads along with the already existing county roads. 17,200 kilometers (10,700 mi) of national roads were transferred along with an annual compensation of 6.9 billion NOK for maintenance. As of January 1, 2010, there were 10,451 kilometers (6,494 mi) of national roads left. National roads are selected by
18-512: A gravel coating. The last two remaining kilometers were asphalted on 17 December 2003, with participation by Minister of Transport and Communications Torild Skogsholm , among others. Former national roads in Norway that are maintained as gravel roads according to the protection plan are Road 252 ( Tyin – Eidsbugarden ), Road 258 (Grotli-Ospeli bru), and Road 886 (Bjørnstad–Jacobselv). All these roads have been converted to county roads after
27-537: A new system which included E-roads was introduced, and most of it is still used today (2019). Norwegian county road A Norwegian county road ( Bokmål : Fylkesvei or Nynorsk : Fylkesveg ) is a highway in Norway owned and maintained by the local county municipality . Some of the roads have road signs. The signs are white with black numbers. In 1931, a system of national roads (Riksvei) , county roads (Fylkesvei) , and municipal roads (kommunal vei)
36-476: The 2010 transportation reform. The organization of national, county, and village roads (later municipal roads) was introduced in 1931. Starting in 1912, the roads were divided into main roads ("hovedveier") and village roads ("bygdeveier"). In 1931, signposted numbers for national roads were introduced. The main roads were two digits ending with zero, for example Road 50 Oslo–Kirkenes. The main roads in Østfold were numbered 1–9 based on an older local system. In 1965,
45-627: The criteria of being important for long-distance travel. Some roads connecting to primary airports are also included. National roads are divided into two categories: European routes and other national roads. The route signs for the European routes have an "E" preceding the national road number, and the sign is green with white script. Other national roads are also designated using green signs. All pre-2010 national roads have an asphalt concrete cover. Exceptions are some roads that have been given special status or protection. The "gravel roads package"
54-412: The new county roads that are numbered (the former national roads). In 2019 there was a renumbering reform mainly affecting secondary county roads. Those were numbered per county from 1 and up, so that multiple roads in the country could have the same number. In 2019 secondary county roads were mostly given four digit numbers, and some primary county and national road numbers changed, so that every road has
63-625: Was a governmental plan which ensured that all national roads without special importance in the National Protection Plan for Roads, Bridges, and Road-Related Cultural Heritage ( Nasjonal verneplan for veger, bruer og vegrelaterte kulturminner ) received asphalt covering. Norwegian National Road 716 between Bergli and Valen in Frøya Municipality in Trøndelag county was the last regular stretch of national road with
72-457: Was established. In 2009, there were a total of 27,262 kilometres (16,940 mi) of county roads in Norway. This accounted for 29.2% of the 93,247 kilometres (57,941 mi) public roads in Norway. On 1 January 2010, most national roads that were not trunk roads (Stamvei) were transferred to the counties and therefore became county roads. On that date 17,200 kilometres (10,700 mi) of highway and 78 kilometres (48 mi) of ferry travel
81-468: Was transferred to the counties, at a compensation of 6.9 billion kr . After the transfer, counties had about 44,000 kilometres (27,000 mi) of roads and the state had about 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi) of its road network. After the reform came into force, there are two types of county roads in Norway—;the original (now called secondary) county roads that were not signposted and
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